Speaking of maple syrup, CFAES’ Buckeye Yard & Garden onLine website yesterday told the story of a new project on Kelleys Island, which lies in Lake Erie. Two CFAES educators, Thomas deHaas and Les Ober, were among the project’s collaborators, and in the end the team’s work boiled down to a first: the inaugural batch of Kelleys Island “Glacially Groovy” maple syrup. (Photo: A (maple-less) scene on Kelleys Island, Getty Images.)
“While sugar maple is considered ‘the’ tree to tap for syrup, there are also other maples you can tap.”
Those are the words of Kathy Smith, forestry program director for the CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources. She’s one of the organizers of our upcoming Maple Bootcamp, which will let you know which maples those are, along with a whole lot more.
So, there’s a wildflower in Ohio named for its “resemblance to a pair of upside-down pantaloons.” See it and more in “The Splendors of Spring—Part 2” (lots of great photos) by CFAES’ Carrie Brown on Buckeye Yard & Garden onLine. (Photo: Said pantaloon-resembling wildflower, Getty Images.)
… courtesy of CFAES’ Chow Line column and the SNAP-Ed program in Ohio.
WTVG (Toledo), April 29, 2022; featuring Amy Stone, OSU Extension, Lucas County office
If you’re new or new-ish to making maple syrup, there’s a lot you can learn at Ohio’s upcoming Maple Bootcamp …
The Wooster Daily Record reports on this past Saturday’s Scarlet, Gray, and Green Fair at CFAES Wooster (video and photos included).
… and here’s how you can celebrate tomorrow.
The Scarlet, Gray, and Green Fair on Saturday, April 23, will hold tours of the CFAES Wooster Campus’s new United Titanium Bug Zoo. You can get a sneak peek of what you can see on the tour in the video above. Or check out these photos and story in the Ohio State Alumni Magazine.
Tours will be offered, too, of the new building that the zoo is in, the Wooster Campus Science Building, which is LEED-certified. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Check out the speakers you can listen to and talk about ideas with at the Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair, set for Saturday, April 23, at the CFAES Wooster Campus …